notesbynora

Waiting is one of the hardest things we ever have to do.
We wait for answers. We wait for healing. We wait for reconciliation, for direction, for something to change. Sometimes the waiting feels endless — a season with no expiration date. We pray, we hope, we cry, and we wonder if God still hears us.

But what if grace is not only found in the answer — but in the waiting itself?

There’s a quiet kind of grace that meets us when life slows down and our control slips away. It’s the grace that steadies us when our hearts ache for resolution, yet the only answer we hear is “Not yet.” It’s the grace that teaches us to breathe again, to trust again, to find God not only at the finish line but along the winding, uncertain road that leads there.

In Psalm 27:14, David writes, “Wait for the Lord; be strong, and let your heart take courage; wait for the Lord.” Those words hold a rhythm of both instruction and invitation — not to wait passively, but to wait with courage. To wait believing that even when nothing seems to be moving, God is working behind the scenes in ways we cannot yet see.

I remember a time when I waited eight long years for an answer. In the beginning, I was certain God would show up quickly — like a knight in shining armor, ready to rescue. But days became months, and months became years. I prayed through tears and frustration. I had moments of unshakable faith and others when I wondered if He had forgotten me altogether. Yet, somewhere in that long stretch of uncertainty, I began to realize something: God had never left.

The waiting itself was His classroom of grace.
He was shaping my heart, building my endurance, softening my pride, and teaching me to depend on Him completely. When the answer finally came, it didn’t look at all like what I expected — but it was exactly what I needed. And through it all, He had been faithful.

Grace in the waiting is learning to rest in what we don’t understand. It’s trusting that delay doesn’t mean denial. It’s discovering that sometimes the most beautiful growth happens underground, in the hidden roots that prepare us to bloom when the time is right.

If you find yourself waiting today — for peace, for reconciliation, for hope to rise again — remember that God is not idle. He is working in the unseen, preparing the way before you. His timing is perfect, even when it feels painfully slow.

So breathe. Take courage. And know that grace is holding you, even here — in the waiting.

Prayer:
Lord, I don’t always understand why I must wait, but I choose to trust You in the silence. Teach me to see Your hand even when I can’t see Your plan. Give me the strength to rest in Your timing and the faith to believe that Your grace is enough for this moment. Amen.